Tiny bit of background

Three very lucky UCT students have been allowed the opportunity to attend the annual World Climate Change Conference which takes place in good old mzanzi, but more specifically Durban this year. This global conference is hosted by the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and is the meeting ground where negotiations take place to strengthen the global response to climate change. This is the 17th meeting of its kind, hence COP17 (COP stands for Conference of the Parties). Last years conference was in Cancun, Mexico and the year before was Copenhagen, Denmark~ showing how big a deal it is that it is happening in durban!